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The Minister for Education has today announced deeply flawed proposals to amend the Baptism rule for access to State-funded schools, but without changing the law on school ethos. What seems to be the best of the four options in the plan, removing the baptism rule completely, is actually the worst, ...

The Catholic Church has control over the teaching of moral and sexual education, in the vast majority of publicly funded schools at primary and second level. Despite the wishes of parents, the church ensures that children are taught moral and sexual education according to the teaching of the Catholic Church. ...

It is reported in the Irish Times that the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has made a recommendation to remove Religious Education as a core curriculum area in the Primary School Curriculum. This will not protect minorities from the evangelising mission of the Catholic Church in the education ...

Catholic Bishop Denis Nulty has said that only 1% of students opt out of primary religion in Irish primary schools. We don’t know the reliability of the survey he is basing this figure on. But, if it is accurate, it simply proves that the opt out system does not work in practice. ...

The introduction of a new course in Primary Schools about Religions, Beliefs and Ethics has the potential to undermine further the Constitutional and Human Rights of minorities. The legal framework is not in place that would ensure that the course is delivered in accordance with human rights so that the ...

The Catholic Church reaction to what seems to be a leaked NCCA report on Education about Religion, Beliefs and Ethics further confirms the analysis that Atheist Ireland has consistently made in recent years. We will again raise the need to amend the Education Act 1998 when Jane Donnelly addresses the ...

Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland met twice with Nils Muiznieks, Human Rights Commissioner with the Council of Europe, during his four-day visit to Ireland which ended today. During his visit, the Commissioner examined breaches of the human rights of women, children, ...

Atheist Ireland, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Ireland, attended a Council of Europe human rights round-table conference today in the Department of Foreign Affairs. At this conference, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muiznieks called on civil society organisations to work alongside Council ...

The Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill went through the second stage in the Dail yesterday. This Bill will not remove religious discrimination in our Education system. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Ombudsman for Children have both recommended that religious discrimination be removed from our education system ...

The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016 will begin its second stage in the Dail this week. Please lobby your TDs and ask them to amend this Bill to remove religious discrimination in the education system. It is important to amend the Bill to remove religious discrimination in access to schools, but that ...

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